Combination furniture.



PATENTI-ID MAY 22, I906.

J. FEDRAN.

COMBINATION FURNITURE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 17, 1906.

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JOHN FEDRAN, OF EAST PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATIUN FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratentec. May 2.2, 1906. l

Application filed January 17, 1906. Serial No. 296,542.

To (LZ/f whom, t 77mg/ concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN FEDRAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at East Pittsburg, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inI Combination Furniture, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combined beds and tables; and the invention has for its object to provide a folding structure which can be easily used as a bed-or folded to be used as a table.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combined bed and stand which can be easily and quickly folded into either article and which will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Briefly described, my improved combined article consists of two frames, which are connected together by sections of rails that are pivotally connected together. Plates are pivotally connected to the outer ends of the frames, said plates being supported in a horizontal position by the sections of rails when a table is to be formed, while the plates are folded upon the frames when the structure is to be used as a bed.

The detail construction of my improved combined article will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a table constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of a bed formed from the structure ofthe table illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is'a side elevation of a bed, and Fig. 4, detail views of the pivotal connection formed between the sections of the rails of my improved bed. e

To put my invention into practice, I ipreferably construct my improved combined table and bed of light and durable metal; but it is obvious that other materials may be readily used in lieu of the metal. The structure embodying the table and bed consists of two frames 1 and 2, each frame consisting of posts 3 3, which are connected together by transverse rods 4 and 5. In the form of a table in the county of Allegheny I the frames 1 and 2 serve as legs for supporting a tabletop, while in the formation of a bed the frames 1 and 2 serve as head and` tail pieces of the bed.

Pivotally mounted upon the rods 4 4 of the frames 1 and 2 are plates 6 and 7, said plates being` provided with pierced lugs S 8, through which the rods 4 extend. The plates serve as a table-top, and in order to support said plates in a horizontal position, the frames 1 and 2 are connected together by rails 9 9. The posts 3 3 of each frame are provided withv outwardly-extending pierced lugs 10 10, and pivotally connected to said lugs are sections 1l 11, the free ends of said sections being pivotally connected to a common section 12, the sections 11 11 and 12 forming the rails 9 9 of a bed. When a table structure is formed, the sections 11 11 are folded upwardly against the posts 3 3 of each frame, and the common section 12 of each rail forms supports for the plates 6 and 7, the frames 1 and 2 having been moved together to form a substantially rectangular structure.l

As a bed the plates 6 and 7 are folded downwardly upon the inner sides of the frames, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4, and in order to support the frames 1 and 2 in a vertical position and maintain rigid rails 9 9 I pivotally connect the sections of the rails together, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. It will be observed that the ends of the common section 12 are provided with lugs 1 4, which engage shoulders 15, carried by the sections 1l 11. In this manner it will be impossible to break a joint between the sections 11 and 12 otherwise than moving said sections upwardly to form bridges to support the plates G and 7.

To maintain the table in the form shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, I provide the sections 1 1. 11 and the posts 3 3 of each frame with eyelets 16 16, and engaging in said eyelets are yokes or links 17 17, said links being adapted to retain the sections 1,1 11 in engagement with the posts when in parallel alinement with one another. f

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have devised a strong and durable structure which can be readily used as a table or bed as the occasion may demand and as con structed may be easily and quickly manipulated to form either article.

Such changes in the construction and manipulation of my improved combined bed and table as are permissible bythe appended IOO IIO

claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let` ters Patent isp l. A combined table and bed structure embodying two frames, plates pivotally con= nected to the upper ends of said frames and adapted to form a table-top, sectional rails carried by said frames and adapted to .fold upwardly to support said plates7 means to hold said rails in a rigid position, and means to hold parts ofsaid rails in horizontal alinement with said frames, substantially as described.

2. An article of furniture convertible into a table and a bed, comprising a pair of Jframes each embodying vertical legs, tie-rods connecting the legs of each frame, plates pivotally hung on said tie-rods and acting in one position to form a table-top and in another position to act as a head-piece and foot-piece respectively of a bed7 and sectional rails pivotally connected to the frames and acting in one position to supportlthe table-top and in anther position acting as the side rails of a be 3. The combination with frames, of plates pivotally attached to said frames, and sectional side rails piyotally connected to said frames and acting both as side rails of a bed and as a support for the plates to form atableto In an article of furniture, two frames7 plates pivotally attached to said framesfand supporting-rails, each formed in three sections pivoted together and to the frames, as and for the purpose described.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FEDRAN.

Witnesses:

C. KLosTERMANN, JAS. V. MCMASTERS. 

